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I'm going to be trying out protein shakes soon. I bought a sample of a Biochem Sports chocolate fudge flavor and mixed it with milk and didn't like it much. If I can find one I like that mixes easily, it'll be easier for me to stick with it and watch for results. I'm a 100-lb weakling, but I've been this way all my life. I have only had celiac disease for a little over 2 years and went gluten free shortly after I got hit with the symptoms. My metabolism is insane and I often feel hungry most of the day (before and since going gluten-free). Consider me subscribed for more tips

I've been stalking my local grocers for these...I'm going to see about submitting requests for these products if they don't start stocking them soon. With a Whole Foods thriving right across the street, I KNOW there are enough gluten-free customers to make carrying them profitable...maybe they just need a little nudge

I drank the version that had Halo on the label back when it was out, and had no issues. I ended up discarding the label when I had to move at work, but I can say I'm a total Mountain Dew product fangirl and have never had any gluten issues with their drinks Hope this helps.

I might try the Envirokidz, but I haven't seen them in the Whole Foods near me so I might have a little trouble getting ahold of some. I love Soyjoy bars, I just need to buy them more often. I printed the recipe you linked. Thanks so much! I'll post when I get a chance to try it out

I agree with your decision to test out the diet.
I don't have kids, but a year ago, I started having these horrible symptoms. My blood panel came back negative for celiac, but I had also been gluten free for 2 weeks already because I was absolutely miserable and finally something was working. I'm not going back anytime soon for testing because I would have to endure that pain again just to hope for a diagnosis.

From what I've used so far in my cooking this past year, i haven't seen any canned veggies that have gluten in them, especially tomato stuff. I have only seen tomatoes and peppers or spices in even stewed tomatoes or seasoned sauce. There is an unsafe ingredients list on this site that can help you recognize whether any oddball ingredients are not okay. Hope this helps. I've only been doing this gluten free thing for allllmost a whole year now, and I've been there with the labeling issues. I'm starting to compile a folder of printouts from major brands of what their gluten-free products are, and will eventually put a list of brand names and companies who state on their websites that they disclose all gluten ingredients. This will help me have peace of mind at the store so I don't have to second-guess so much.

Thai Kitchen is a brand line with a long list of gluten-free products and I have been able to find them at several major grocery stores (Allergy info here: http://www.thaikitchen.com/allergyinfo.html)
I just tried their Thai Peanut flavored stir-fry kit with the meat from a split chicken breast I had in the freezer and found it to be a little under-salted, but otherwise very tasty and not too complicated to throw together. They also have little packs of instant soup (their "Instant Rice Noodle Soup) that are all gluten-free and I'm going to try that soon (I also grabbed this one for 79 cents, so that fits in my budget!). It's a single serving made with hot water, so it'll be perfect to keep in my desk drawer at work
Thai Peanut Stir Fry Noodles
Instant Rice Noodle Soups

The way I see it, they responded in such a way that lets a consumer know that if an ingredient list doesn't happen to mention any gluten ingredients, it's safe for us. I hate not knowing whether a company labels that stuff, so I know for sure what should be okay. As far as the dry, impersonal response, I pretty much expect that kind of carefully-worded jargon from large corporations. They have to be so careful not to say something that they can get sued over or get misquoted. If they say "Sure, that's safe" and then change the formulation at any time, it would be too easy for someone to try to get them in trouble for tell ing you previously that it was safe. I already feel like enough of an oddball or a freak of nature, so no corporation can really make that any worse.

I had similar issues when I decided to go gluten free and inquired about the inactive ingredients in my birth control pill. The pharmacist and I leaned in together to squint at the tiny writing to try to locate them and ended up finding nothing. I decided that since I have no symptoms when I'm gluten free (to my knowledge) and I take this pill every day, that by process of elimination they must not have any gluten in them. I would feel more comfortable knowing, but I haven't gotten around to calling the manufacturer.

Yeah, that looks really good, and a lot easier than the marshmallow popcorn. It's probably quite a bit healthier just because it yields a small amount, so it would be harder to keep snacking on it all day

Well, I still haven't made it over to that store to try those bars, but I'm still open for suggestions. Does anyone have a good granola bar recipe or one for granola that could be made into bars? I still really miss them, and the few recipes I've found use a bunch of ingredients I can't easily find. *sigh*

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